Usually this thrills our drama-loving diva hearts, but Gaga’s both blatant and boring allusions to musicals and other musicians in her new “Edge of Glory” video can’t be overshadowed by its contrived simplicity.

“Edge of Glory” already takes elements of Bruce Springsteen’s music, but the video evokes Romeo and Juliet-esque scenes like in West Side Story and the musical Rent mixed with a dash of [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Michael Jackson[/lastfm]’s “Billie Jean” and ’80s film St. Elmo’s Fire.